# Accident 20130224001649A: Cessna T337G, Miami, FL, February 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Ocean Reef Club
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4131° N, 80.3086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4131&lon=-80.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8594M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8594M-2013-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130224001649A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, DAYTIME VFR FOR KEY WEST. WHILE OVER BYSCAYNE BAY THE AFT ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. PILOT STATED HE RESTARTED THE AFT ENGINE WHICH STOPPED AGAIN. THE PILOT STATED HE  DITCHED AIRCRAFT IN BISCAYNE BAY. THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE DITCHED AIRCRAFT WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCEAN REEF CLUB. NO INJURIES OCCURED. 4 SOULS ONBOARD. AICRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE AREA FROM RIGHT INBOARD SIDE OF LOWER DOOR FOWARD TO THE ENGINE COWL. THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WERE REMOVED FROM ACCIDENT SCENE AND WERE GROUND TESTED  AT CERTIFIED ENGINES, OPA LOCKA, FL, BY THE NTSB AND THE ENGINE PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY. NO HISTORY OF ENGINE ISSUES. LAST ENGINE OVERHAUL WAS 2002.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA143), Feb 24, 2013: Cessna T337G (N8594M), Homestead, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The reported partial loss of engine power from the rear engine for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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